Butter and like molding device



April 18, 1933. J. BENZ 1,904,714

BUTTER AND LIKE MO LDING DEVICE Filed Nov. 4, 1951 a as [727/3 71 for;

l atented Apr. 18, 19 33 UNITED STATES JOHANNES BENZ, or nussnnnonr,GERMANY i BUTTER AND LIKE MOLDING DEVICE Application filed November 4,1931. Serial No. 572,960.

This invention is an improvement in or modification of a device which isdescribed and claimed in a co-pending application and which consists ofa plurality of open-endedmolds into whichbutter or the like is fed andwherein it is pressed between opposing press plungers into portions ofdefinite shapeand weight, means being provided for discharging from themolds any material not containable between the plungers.

' According to the above "application, the

discharge of excessive material is effected through apertures made inone of the op posing press plungers.

According to the present invention, the molds are mounted insidethe rimof a wheel, and the discharge of excessive material from the molds iseflected through apertures made in the rim, a scraper being providedwhich bears against the rim for detaching the extruded material from thelatter.

Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing represents a front view of theimproved device, partly in section, and

The improveddevice comprises a wheel havinga smoothrim wand containingwithin said rim a plurality of open-ended molds b, 0, (Z and e. The rimis provided with apertures a; through which materials can .be

extruded from the molds, and a scraper 2, connected to a holder ,isarranged so as to bear against the rim for'discharging the extrudedmaterial 60 from the rim'as the wheel rotates. A receiver 7' is arrangedso as to receive the extruded and discharged material. When the rim isthick as shown in Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1. d

in the rim of said wheel, said rim having 60 I apertures through whichmaterial can be extruded from the molds. i A

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Fig. 1, the apertures are preferably developed into conical, outwardlywidening chan- 40 nels so that the extruded strings w can pass'through'without much resistance.

The wheel is mounted on a shaft a which is rotated so as to pass themolds, as described in the parent specification, through differentoperating positions. The mold b is shown in Fig. 1 in the position inwhich it receives a butter portion f of excessive weight from a streamwhence the portion is severed. The mold 0 is shown in the position inwhich the butter portion is pressed

